diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95820e5..65e6b0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ jobs:
 | pr_title | Title of the Pull Request | no¹ |
 | pr_source | Source branch for the Pull Request | no¹ |
 | pull_request_payload | PR payload in JSON format² | no³ |
+| debug | set to "true" to turn on debug logging | no |
+| dry_run | set to "true" to not send the webhook request | no |
 
 1) The Action will determine whether to send an embed tailored towards a Pull Request Check Run or towards a general workflow run based on the presence of non-null values for the four pull request arguments. This means that you either have to provide **all** of them or **none** of them.
 
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index a1995d3..f1afb00 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Pull Request in jSON payload form'
     required: false
 
+  debug:
+    description: 'Pull Request in jSON payload form'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+
+  dry_run:
+    description: 'Pull Request in jSON payload form'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'
@@ -82,6 +92,9 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.pr_number }}
     - ${{ inputs.pr_title }}
     - ${{ inputs.pr_source }}
+    - ${{ inputs.pull_request_payload }}
+    - ${{ inputs.debug }}
+    - ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
 
 branding:
   icon: 'check-circle'
diff --git a/github_status_embed/__main__.py b/github_status_embed/__main__.py
index ea9552e..a22868e 100644
--- a/github_status_embed/__main__.py
+++ b/github_status_embed/__main__.py
@@ -45,24 +45,11 @@
 for argument, configuration in action_specs["inputs"].items():
     parser.add_argument(argument, help=configuration["description"])
 
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--debug",
-    help="enable debug logging",
-    action="store_true",
-    dest="debug",
-)
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--dry-run",
-    help="do not send webhook request",
-    action="store_true",
-    dest="dry_run"
-)
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     arguments = vars(parser.parse_args())
-    debug = arguments.pop('debug')
-    dry_run = arguments.pop('dry_run')
+    debug = arguments.pop('debug') not in ('', '0', 'false')
+    dry_run = arguments.pop('dry_run') not in ('', '0', 'false')
 
     # Set up logging and make sure to mask the webhook_token in log records
     level = logging.DEBUG if debug else logging.WARNING